Jay Burgess, local lad and former England schoolboy who plays in midfield or in attack.

Ryan Meredith, Nantwich-based striker who has been particularly impressive in his second year.

Jordan Trinci-Lyne, striker from Stockport with a grounding from the centre of excellence.

Askey is in no doubt of the importance that home-grown players have in the future of Macc, adding: "The club relies on young lads coming through, so it’s important that we get it right.

"It is getting easier to attract talented young lads to our training ground in Knutsford. It’s a good catchment area and we’ve got a lot of good contacts established.

"It’s been a good season for the development of the youths, we got to the final of the cup for the first time ever, despite a lot of our older lads playing in the reserve team.

"We had a lot of schoolboys in that final and we only lost on penalties."

But as this batch of players look to win a place in the first team, Askey had to spare a thought for their former team-mates, who will leave the club this summer.

"That’s the worst part of my job to be honest, especially when one of them (James Askey) is your nephew. We’d like to have three-year scholarships but it’s just not possible to do that. But they’ve had a good grounding and there’s no reason they can’t be taken on elsewhere."